Disclaimer: As much as I would like for it to be, Power Rangers is not my creation.
Star Fata: At least it's not me.
Slytherin-Angel44: It is pretty hard on Andros but he's going to push it aside for a while.
Ch. 22 Losing Numbers
Once the arrived back on the Megaship they rushed Andros to the Med Bay and waited. It was several hours before he showed the slightest sign of waking up. When he came to his brothers and sister forced him back down on the bed.
"How could I let this happen?" he asked, tears still pouring from his eyes. "I lost Akako and our son."
"It wasn't your fault," Karone stated, forcing him to look at her. "Both of them are in a better place now and you know they're together. But we still have a planet to protect. We have to help all these other innocent people." Andros nodded, pushing his personnel feelings aside, deciding to deal with them later. He still had a job to do and he wasn't going to let anyone else die.
The rangers reappeared on the surface seconds later and helped as many people as they could into the escape shuttles. As they watched the shuttles fill with families they couldn't help but think of their parents but they knew that they'd be proud of them now. It wasn't long before Dark Specter ruined the peace once again, sending a newly programmed Ecliptor and Darkonda to destroy the shuttles before they could leave the planet.
"You've killed almost all of my family," Andros stated, standing toe-to-toe with Darkonda. "I won't let you take anyone else's life." He pulled out his Spiral Saber and forced Darkonda back away from the shuttles while his brothers did the same with Ecliptor and Karone helped load the shuttles as fast as possible.
"Red Ranger," Darkonda snickered, "you'll never be able to stop me. I'll get your sister back and then I'll destroy you're entire family before I kill you." Andros felt his temper rising but tried to control it, no one needed him losing his cool right now. He had to stay in control, he couldn't let Darkonda win. It wasn't long before his sister rejoined the fight saying that all pedestrians had been removed from the area. Andros only had time to send her a silent thank you before rushing to his brothers' aid. He trusted Karone to keep Darkonda busy while he helped their two oldest brothers. Zhane had been tossed into a pile of debris but he seemed to be okay as he began picking himself up but Zarkin and Bryce were having some kind of problem with their morphers. Their suits began flickering and before long they were standing there, unable to morph.
"You have to get back to the Megaship," Andros commanded but both shook their heads.
"You need our help," Zarkin countered. "We won't leave you alone." They continued to fight until Ecliptor was able to throw them into the side of a building leaving them both unconscious. Andros didn't even have to tell DECA to teleport them to the ship and for that he was happy. He was surprised when Darkonda and Ecliptor simply disappeared, promising their destruction on another day.
"Let's go!" Andros ordered as he began heading towards the next loading zone. "DECA's reports say that Zarkin and Bryce are fine, but for some reason their bodies are beginning to reject the Power." As soon as all the people in the loading zone were on shuttles the rangers returned to the Megaship. "Are you guys okay?"
"We're fine," Bryce replied, although he did gasp as he tried to sit up a little straighter. "DECA says our bodies are rejecting the Power, but she doesn't know why." Andros went over to one of the computers and typed for several minutes. The results that showed up shocked him but explained why his brothers were losing their powers.
"This analysis says that DECA found a certain element in your bodies that doesn't tend to agree with the Powers if taken in large quantities," Andros explained. "You haven't had anything strange to eat or drink recently, have you?"
"Not that I remember," Zarkin replied. "Wait, we did go to that diner a couple weeks ago. The burgers did taste kinda funny."
"What does this mean?" Bryce asked, staring directly at his youngest brother.
"You guys have lost you powers," Andros whispered. "You can't morph." Just then Kilee ran into the room and jumped up on Zarkin's bed.
"You okay?" She asked, scared that she may be losing her brothers now.
"We're fine," Zarkin replied, tickling her slightly. "It seems that we'll be spending a lot more time with you."
"Hooray!" she screamed, happily running around the room.
"At least one of us is happy," Karone stated with a sigh.
"We'll figure something out," Zhane added, although he couldn't help but laugh at his little sister.
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